Two-minute drill: Vonn unsure of Olympics; more

Lindsey Vonn will miss her World Cup return this week due to injury.

Skiing

Lindsey Vonn unsure of Olympics:Lindsey Vonn remains unsure just what effect her latest knee injury will have on her Sochi Olympics hopes. Asked in an interview on NBC's "Today" show Wednesday whether she can put the kind of pressure on the knee she will need to train and make it to Sochi in February, Vonn replied: "To be honest, I don't know." The reigning Olympic downhill champion crashed during a downhill training run in Copper Mountain last week and partially tore a reconstructed ligament in her right knee. Vonn said her immediate plan is to resume training in Vail to test out the knee. She elected to skip the races this weekend in nearby Beaver Creek to give her knee more time to rest.

Baseball

Braun has regrets: Brewers slugger Ryan Braun is talking publicly for the first time since accepting a season-ending suspension for violating Major League Baseball's anti-drug agreement. Braun says he is "deeply remorseful," and eager to get back to playing. Braun was the first star to be suspended as part of the doping scandal surrounding the Biogenesis anti-aging clinic in Florida. The five-time All-Star tested positive for elevated testosterone in October of his 2011 NL MVP season, but his 50-game suspension was overturned when an arbitrator ruled the urine sample was mishandled. Braun has apologized for blaming specimen collector Dino Laurenzi Jr. He says they have "made amends." He says he not made any payments to Laurenzi.

Miscellaneous

Red Wings sign Ericsson: The Detroit Red Wings signed defenseman Jonathan Ericsson to a $25.5 million, six-year contract to keep him off the market in July. "He would've been tough to lose in free agency," Red Wings general manager Ken Holland said. "This was a big priority because in a two-year period, we lost Nick Lidstrom, Brian Rafalski and Brad Stuart. We couldn't afford to lose Big E, too." ... Rutgers University has hired a law firm to investigate bullying allegations from a former football player against an assistant coach. University lawyer John Farmer Jr. had announced last week that he would conduct a review. But he has since recused himself from the case. University spokesman Pete McDonough tells the Star-Ledger that Farmer stepped down because he could be called as a witness in the case. He did not detail his involvement, though. Cornerback Jevon Tyree has said defensive coordinator Dave Cohen verbally abused him and threatened to head-butt him last spring. Tyree quit the team on Nov. 6. He remains on scholarship for this school year. ... Former rugby league player Anthony Mundine scored a sixth-round technical knockout over Shane Mosley in their WBA international super welterweight title fight in Sydney, the first time the American has been stopped inside the distance. Mosley, a 42-year-old with a record of 47-9-1, decided to retire before the seventh round due to back spasms. He said he would decide after he returns to the U.S. whether he would retire. "What's done is done," Mosley said when asked whether he would fight again. ... Sporting Kansas City's MLS Cup presale for season-ticket members was apparently compromised. The Kansas City Star reports Real Salt Lake fans acquired the online code and bought up tickets during the Tuesday presale for the Dec. 7 game, which will decide the MLS champion at Sporting Park. Real Salt Lake says the tickets bought by the leaked code will be cancelled. The visiting team is allotted 1,000 tickets, which will be distributed by Real Salt Lake. Tickets bought by Sporting KC season-ticket members using the compromised code also will be invalidated. Sporting KC officials confirm the presale went awry, but says the team will work with season-ticket holders who made legal pre-sale purchases to ensure they have game tickets. Tickets go on sale to the general public Monday. ... Live racing was canceled at Aqueduct because of a forecast of high winds.

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Two-minute drill: Vonn unsure of Olympics; more

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